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Hurricane Grace kills 8 as it rips through eastern Mexico
10:11 AM, 22 Aug 2021 SundayAt least eight people are known to have died after Hurricane Grace tore through eastern Mexico, bringing torrential rain and high winds and causing power cuts and flooding...
Allah kept me alive for welfare of people: PM
09:22 AM, 22 Aug 2021 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Almighty Allah might have saved her from the heinous grenade attack on August 21, 2004 to allow her to carry out welfare activities for the people of Bangladesh and that is why He has kept her alive...
Afghanistan: US fears risk of Islamic State attack at Kabul airport
08:51 AM, 22 Aug 2021 SundayThe US has warned its citizens to avoid Kabul airport amid concerns about the potential for attacks by Afghanistan's branch of the Islamic State (IS) group...
EU says no recognition of Taliban, no political talks
09:53 PM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayThe European Union has not recognised the Taliban, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, nor is it holding political talks with the group, a week after they seized control of Afghanistan. The head of the EU executive spoke after visiting a reception centre in Madrid for Afghan employees of EU institutions evacuated from Kabul...
Hasan Azizul Haque shifted to BSMMU from NICVD
09:35 PM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayNoted short story writer Hasan Azizul Haque was shifted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital from the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases on Saturday night for better treatment...
Barishal city AL organizing secretary allegedly picked up
09:07 PM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayTwo accused in the case filed over attacks on the official residence of Barishal Sadar Upazila nirbahi officer, and police have been picked up allegedly by the men in plainclothes...
Pori Moni sent to jail in Narcotics case
09:01 PM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayA Dhaka Court has ordered to send Dhallywood actress Shamsunnahar Smrity alias Pori Moni to jail in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.
Malayalam actress Chithra passes away at 56
07:36 PM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayMalayalam actress Chithra, who has also acted in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films, passed away on Saturday. She suffered a cardiac arrest at her home in Chennai. She was 56...
120 more die of Covid-19 in a day
06:31 PM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdaySome 120 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 25,143. During the period, 3,991 more people contracted the virus, raising the total infection to 14,57,194, the health directorate said in a press release on Saturday. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year. Since then the country has been struggling to limit the spread of the highly contagious virus...
7.81 lakh more vaccine jabs arrive from Japan
05:31 PM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayThe consignment of jabs reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 3:15pm on Saturday. Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh, and deputy secretary of the health department of Bangladesh's Health and Family Welfare Ministry were present at the airport during this on behalf of the respective countries...
Australian polic arrest hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters
05:14 PM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayAustralian police arrested hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday and seven officers were hospitalised as a result of clashes, as the country saw its highest ever single-day rise in COVID-19 cases...
Housewife's throat-slit body found in Netrakona
03:37 PM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayPolice on Saturday afternoon recovered the throat-slit body of a housewife from her bed room in Sadar upazila of Netrakona district...
BNP govt sponsored Aug 21 attack, Khaleda knew everything: PM
02:50 PM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayPrime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today reiterated that the August 21, 2004 grenade attack was carried out under the patronage of BNP government...
Taliban vow to be accountable for it actions
02:07 PM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayThe Taliban will be accountable for its actions and will investigate reports of reprisals and atrocities carried out by members, an official of the Islamist militant group told Reuters on Saturday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added that the group planned to ready a new model for governing Afghanistan...
RMCH records 7 more death at Covid-19 unit
12:10 PM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdaySeven more people died at the Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) during the last 24 hours till 6am today, taking the death toll to 260 so far this month. Earlier, the death toll due to the lethal virus was 566 in July and 405 in June, health officials said...
August 21: Brutal grenade attack on Sheikh Hasina
11:39 AM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayBangabandhu's worthy daughter Jononetree Sheikh Hasina during her premiership from 1996 to 2001 was leading the country towards peaceful socio-economic prosperity by a supreme submission of her leadership...
Fire at 6-storey building in Banani under control
10:38 AM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayA massive fire that broke out on the third floor of six-storey building at Chairmanbari in the capital’s Banani has been under control. The fire broke out at 9:10am and was brought under control at 1:05pm on Saturday...
Biden vows to evacuate all Americans - and Afghan helpers
10:09 AM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayPresident Joe Biden has pledged firmly to bring all Americans home from Afghanistan - and all Afghans who aided the war effort, too - as officials confirmed that U.S. military helicopters flew beyond the Kabul airport to scoop up 169 Americans seeking to evacuate...
India approves world’s first DNA Covid vaccine
09:49 AM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayIndia's drug regulator has approved the world's first DNA vaccine against Covid-19 for emergency use. The three-dose ZyCoV-D vaccine prevented symptomatic disease in 66% of those vaccinated, according to an interim study quoted by the vaccine maker Cadila Healthcare...
17th anniversary of Aug 21 grenade attacks today
08:43 AM, 21 Aug 2021 SaturdayThe 17th anniversary of the gruesome grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) anti-terrorism rally in the capital on August 21, 2004, is being observed today with heavy hearts. The gruesome grenade attack was carried out on an anti-terrorism rally of Awami League (AL) on Bangabandhu Avenue...